Union garment



L. 1 DWYER. UNION GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1920.

Patented Jun@ 7, 1921.

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UNION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. I92of Patented une 7 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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UNION GARMFNT.

To @ZZ/whom it may concern: VBe it known that I, Lno THOMAS DWYFR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fairfield2 in the county/@ofv VWayne and State of Ilhnois, have invented a new and Improved: Union Garment, of which the followingis a full; clear, andyexact description.VK Y 'A The invention relates to wearing lapparel `for boys and girls, and its object is` to provide a new and improved union undergarment arranged to give the user the desired freedom in the movement of the body and without danger of unduly straining or tearing the garment.

Another object is to yprovide a desired Y suitable support for a hose supporter.

" VAnother object is. to prevent Ithe users `bodyfrombeingexposed at theV usual side openings while the garment is worn.

Another object is toy provide a union undergarment havingbloomers for girls.

With these `and other objects in. view,zthe

.invention consists of certain.y novel features of' construction as hereinafter shown and described and then speciicallyrpointed out yin the claims.

A practicalembodiment 0f the 5 invention is: represented in theaccompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, in

Vwhich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the union undergarment as larranged for and worn by a girl; Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the union undergarment with one corner of the sanitaryfflap in open posi- Fig. 6 is a similar view of a portion of the union `undergarment on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; I Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional plan kview of the hose supporter tab on the line 7-7 of Fig, 3;

Fig.- 8 is an enlarged side elevation Q 9.

l I Fig. 12 is broken out;

.. 1F ig; 9 isa frontperspective view'of `Speciiicatiyon of Letters IVaJte-nt.k g "t, Jll'lle 7, 1192-1. *i .Applicatiem` led May 18, A1920. SeriaI yNo.a?r82,49`4.1i f

union undergarment e asaarranged for' and Worn byaboy; i f- Fig. `10 is a rear perspective view of the same; .g 1V Fig.` 11l is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of ythe union f-vundergarment with onecorner ofthe sanitarylapin open position; and

of one of theadjustable shoulder straps.

The ,body of" the. union underg'farment is made of fa wovengfabric and ,comprises in -its general construction awaist 20 and-drawersor bloomers 21 connected withfe'ach other by a waistband 22. The waist-20is provided with adjustable shoulder straps 23-to fit boys or girls' of different build; and the waist is also provided with reinforcing kstraps 24 at the front'fandibaclr. Theback' :of the waist .2O isprovided at the k*corresponding `back kportion of thewaistband 22 with `a'gdepending elastic .band 30,1 preferably of a knitted material, and tothe lower edge of this band 30 is secureday 31 having its sides 32 extending 1 below' thelbottoms of the usual side 'openings 33 formed yatl the drawersA or bloomers 21 by. the usual*y lan enlargedl perspective view;

backy Hap 40' provided *aty its upper edge with buttonholes 41 adapted to be fastened f to buttons 42 secured to the fly 31. By the v arrangement Adescribed the body of the user is not visible at the openings 33 as such open-k ing is closed by the enlarged side portions 32 of the'iy 31 at the time the garment is worn and the sanitary flap 40 is in closed position.` f e From the waistband`22 depend narrow tabs 50 carrying buttons 51 for supporting an outer garment such as a skirt forza girlV or pants Jfor a boy. At the waistband 22 adjacent the side openings'33 and overlying the front of the drawers or bloomers '21' are arranged tabs 60, each provided in its upper portion but below the waistband 22 with eye-` lets 61 for engaging a safety pin for attaching the upper end of a hose supporter to the undergarment. The hose supporter extends through registering buttonholes 62 and 63, of which'the buttonhole 62 is formed in the tab 60 and the, buttonhole 63 is formed in the drawers or bloomers 21 (see Fig. 5,)

to allow of passing the uppor portion ofthe lioles 63, 62 Vto the outside of the tab 61 to y,

be engaged with the safety pin" extending through the eyelets 61. The buttonhole stitches 64 are common to both registering buttonholes 62, 63 thus securing the lower portion' of' the tab" 60 to'v the drawersV or ybloomers 21. In practice, each tabV 60 is made of a single piece of material having the sidesY folded inward, after which the piece is doubled up to provide an-excee`dingly strong tab, aswill be readily undertood by reference to Figs and 7. It is understood that the upper end of each tab60 is attached byl stitches 65 to' the waistband 22, the stitches also serving to attach the lower portion of the waistband V22 to the lower end of the waist 2O (see F ig. 5). A second row of stitches -66'attaches the upper edge of the waistband 22 to the waist 20.

In order tov provide an exceedingly strong and durable neck opening and armholes,

each'ispreferably constructed as follows, special reference being had to Fig. 8:'The raw edge of the woven'fabric of which the garment is made is provided with over-edg- -opening'or that otl either armhole is rendered exceedingly strong and durable and the binding 'is not liable to tear'out of the'raw edge', which latter is reinforced by the overedging stitches 7G.

`From the foregoing it willi be seen that the union undergarment is exceedingly Ystrong and'durable and allows*` the userxthe desired freedomV in the movement of the body withthe said'legs7 said front havingbutton holes l adjacent theopenings, tabsl attached tothe said front at the waist line thereofV adjacent the said side openings and' extending over the button holes' of the front, :ea'ch tab being adapted to support a'garter attaching means and each tab having a buttonhole yregistering with'the buttonhole inv the said' front for the passage of a hose supporter from within. the garment to be Vfastened tothe tab by the said garter attaching means. f

2. In a union undergarment, comprising arfront, legs, an upper back'port'ion'andia sanitary flap forming side openings with'the saidA legs*7 said front having button@ holes .ad-r

vsaid front for the` passage-or a hose supporter fromY within the garment to-be fastened in place by the said safety,v pingthe buttonhole stitches being comm'onvto both registering buttonholes and 5 fasteningthe lower portion of they tab vto theronty. LEO THOMAS DWYER 

